4th of July fun..

Josh and I went up to Kentucky this weekend to see his family and celebrate the 4th with everyone. His aunt, Shelly, had a cookout and fireworks "show" at her house. Now I love the Beam side of the family-- they're a lot like my family- laid back, fun, silly, etc. There are more children in this family which always makes the gatherings more interesting and definitely funny.

Josh and I were getting ready to head out to Shelly's house, and we were trying to figure out if we were going to Paisley or not. I really didn't want to because she's a big girl, and I didn't want either one of us to have to deal with her. But Josh brought up a very good point, "If we take her, then she'll get worn out. And she'll sleep-- if she sleeps, we sleep." So we took her.

It's a good thing we did!!! Everyone- adult and child- loved on her... EVERYONE!!! The kids gave her Cheetos and bites of cake and hotdogs... but the greatest Paisley had was a marshmallow. Now this was no ordinary marshmallow- this was a little girl's marshmallow. Here's what happened.

There's a three year old little girl named Abigail who is the cutest, funniest, drama queeniest thing EVER. She can cry and pooch that lip out at the drop of a hat. All the kids were outside getting their marshmallows ready for the campfire. Abigail had come back inside, for whatever reason, and was standing in the doorway. She had her little bowl with her marshmallow inside when all of a sudden you see this black and white thing take a couple of steps towards her. The nose goes into the bowl, and you see Paisley starting chomping on something. Everyone's trying to pull Paisley back and they're yelling, "Paisley!! Come here!!! What's in your mouth?? What do you have???!!" Then you see Abigail's face drop. She looks in her bowl and looks at Paisley like, "What just happened there?" Then you see the chin quiver and the little mouth turn into a frown. Someone said, "Abigail.. what did Paisley do?!" She responds very soft and meek, "She. Just. Ate. My. Marshmallow." Everything changes after that-- we started laughing hysterically, and Abigail walks outside and starts crying and screaming, "PAISLEY ATE MY MARSHMALLOW!!!!!"

After the fireworks are done, Abigail comes back in and walks towards us but definitely keeps her distance from the marshmallow stealing thief. Josh asks her, "Are you still mad at Paisley for eating your marshmallow?" And her little head nods. Of course after two or three minutes have passed, Abigail is loving on Paisley-- and the whole "Paisley stole my marshmallow" thing is over. But oh it was great!!!!!